Ontological

Full definition of ontological

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to, ontology.
• 1948, W.v.O. Quine, S:On What There Is, A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put in three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: ‘What is there?’ It can be answered, moreover, in a word—‘Everything’—and everyone will accept this answer as true.

Derived terms

• ontological argument
• ontological shock